Safety razor



. Dec. 23, 1930. J. CURRIE sAFE TY'RA LpR Filed July 7, 1928 lNvEN oe. 6W

ogm-z Patented Dec. 23,1930

UNITED JOHN CURRIE, F BARRINGTON, HUNTINGDON, CANADA SAFETY RAZOR Application filed July 1928.

The invention relates to a safety razor, as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially of the novel features of construction pointed out in the claim for novelty following a description containing an explanation in detail of an acceptable form of the invention.

The objects of the invention are to furnish to the public a razor of the safety type that will facilitate shaving operations, particularly in the manner of handling the'instrument, and at the same time oiferthe greatest possible convenience to the shaver in the matter of cleaning and assembling; to insure economy in the cost of production and therefore lower the price to the consumer; and yet maintain the highest degree of efliciency; to eliminate the dragging effect on the hair due to the use of the hoe style of safety razor and instead actually clip the hairs by the side cut usualin the use of knives and razors of the older standard make; to convert the razor into a blade holder for stropping purposes, simply by the omission of the guard and stiflening plate; and generally to provide a safety razor of a simple character at a reasonable cost and having two purposes, namely that of a holder for stropping purposes and that of a handle for shaving purposes.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspectlve view of the razor parts assembled and ready for shaving.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the blade holder and blade, assembly for stropping.

Figure 3 is an extended view of the handle and blade holder in its open position.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view through the parts assembled as a safety razor.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view through the assembled parts as a blade holder for stropping.

Figure 6 is a perspective detail of the guard.

' Figure 7 is a fening plate.

Like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures. I

Referring to the drawings, the blade holdperspective detail of the stif- Serial No. 290,979.

ers, indicated by the numerals 10 and 11 extend into the handles 12 and 13 respectively, these handles terminating in the spring clip 24 or other means of fastening them together.

The blade holders 10 and 11 are secured together by the hinge 15, comprising the hinge barrels 16 and 17 and hinge pin 18.

The posts 19 and 20 project outwardly from the blade holder 10 on either side of the threaded screw hole 21, and these posts register with the holes 22 and 23 respectively in the blade holder 11, while the pin hole 24 is in alignment with the screw hole 21.

The blade 25 used in this razor is preferably the form formed with three pin holes 26, two of these holes fitting on the posts 19 and 20 and the centre hole registering with the pin hole 24 and screw hole 21.

The screw pin 27 is inserted through the pin hole 24 and centre pin hole 26 and is screwed into the pin hole 21 in the blade holder 10, the shoulder 28 of said screw pin engaging the blade holder 11 and drawing the blade holders 10 and 11 together tightly" on the blade 25, which projects freely on either side of the blade holders, so that in this position the blade has all the necessary spring for stropping purposes.

The guard is formed with holes 30 corresponding to the holes 26 and is longitudinally 30 channeled at 31 and is formed with rows of teeth 32 and 33 respectively, on either side of said channels forming guard members.

The stiffening plate 34 is also formed with corresponding holes 35 and is slightly wider 35 than the channeled portion of the guard 29 and projects approxlmately about half way of the length of the teeth on either side, thus in the assembly of these parts, the blade which extends nearly to'theend of the guard teeth 32 and 33 is fastened by the plate 34, which extends nearly to the edges of the blade 25, so that the spring of the blade is eliminated during the operation of shaving.

/ In the assembly of the parts for safety razors, the stiffening plate is first mounted on the post, then the blade, mounted on said isjtiii'iening plate, and then the' guard on said 1a e. The blade holder 10 is then closed on the blade holder 11 and the screw inserted through the pin hole 24:, guard hole 30, the bladehole 26, plate hole 35, into the screw hole 21 and the parts are firmly drawn together by the turning of said screw, the blade holder 11 fitting in the channel 31, so that the outer curve 36 on the inner side of the teeth 32 and 33 is accounted for, and the three parts, namely, the guard, the blade and the stiffening plate held closely together.

In the operation of this razor, in the first place, the person desiring to shave, puts the blade between the holders 10 and 11, fastens the handle and proceeds to strop the razor blade, which is projecting the maximum distance from the holder on either side.

The stropping is done in the same way as of old, and when finished the blade is removed, then the stilfener plate is laid on the holder 10, over the posts 19 and 20, the blade on that again and then the guard.

lhe blade holder 11 is closed over these assembled pieces and the screw inserted which draws them close together and the operation of shaving is proceeded with.

What I claim as my invention is 'In a device of the kind described, a pair of handles each having an end portion, with a bevelled back terminating in a hinge lug, said lugs being pivotally connected b a retaining hinge pin, one of said handles having recesses in its inner surface towards the hinge portion and the other of said handles having bosses on its inner surface to correspond with the recesses of the other, said handles having bevelled outer surfaces, a guard plate and a skim plate having orifices and inserted between the handles and engaging with the recesses and bosses of the handles and adapted to receive a blade between them, and a screw inserted throu h one of the handle recesses and through t e orifices of the guard and stifi'ening plate and threaded into one of the bosses of the other handle.

Signed at Champlain, N. Y., this 6th day of June, 1928.

. JOHN GURRIE. 

